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dc.contributor.authorThelwall, Michael
dc.contributor.authorNevill, Tamara
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T13:23:43Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T13:23:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-12
dc.identifier.citationThelwall, M. & Nevill, T. (2019) No evidence of citation bias as a determinant of STEM gender disparities in US Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology research, Scientometrics, 121(3), pp. 1793–1801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03271-0en
dc.identifier.issn0138-9130en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11192-019-03271-0en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/622863
dc.description.abstractThe lack of females in many Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in the USA is an ongoing concern, with many initiatives attempting to redress this imbalance. Some life sciences are apparently areas of relatively good practice, with higher proportions of female researchers than most other STEM subjects. This paper assesses gender differences in research contributions to 14 biochemistry, genetics or molecular biology specialisms in the USA 1996–2014/8, seeking evidence of trends in publishing and citation impact that may give insights into female success. With four exceptions (biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, and structural biology), the fields achieved or maintained at least 40% female first authors by 2018, with developmental biology and endocrinology both attaining female first author majorities. A regression analysis found close to gender parity overall in citation impact but a small male first author citation advantage in more fields than the opposite: an up to 3% increase in logged citation ratio to the world mean. This was partly due to males first authoring with larger teams. Fields with relatively many females did not favour female-led research with more citations, however.en
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dc.publisherSpringer International Publishingen
dc.relation.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-019-03271-0en
dc.subjectGender biasen
dc.subjectCitation analysisen
dc.subjectBibliometricsen
dc.subjectLife sciencesen
dc.titleNo evidence of citation bias as a determinant of STEM gender disparities in US Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology researchen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.journalScientometrics: an international journal for all quantitative aspects of the science of science, communication in science and science policyen
dc.date.updated2019-10-03T15:26:45Z
dc.date.accepted2019-10-03
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW21102019MTen
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-10-12en
dc.source.volume121
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage1793
dc.source.endpage1801
refterms.dateFCD2019-10-21T13:23:15Z
refterms.versionFCDAM


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